9新约里……很清楚地说到，大卫预表基督（太十二3）；所以大卫的妻子，预表召会。大卫至少有三个妻子，……只有亚比该（撒上二五42），……确实有预表召会的特点。……大卫是预表在苦难中争战的基督，所以他的妻子亚比该，预表在苦难中争战的召会。从撒上二十五章之后，亚比该一直在战士大卫的身边，一直跟着大卫作战。……亚比该原来的丈夫，说出我们的旧人是何等凶恶的人，是不要基督的人。亚比该原来的丈夫名叫拿八，拿八的意思是愚顽（25）。她这丈夫在大卫缺乏时，藐视大卫，拒绝大卫，敌挡大卫（10~11）。这预表我们的天性，乃是拒绝基督，藐视基督，反对基督的。有一天拿八遭灾死了，亚比该就有机会，作了大卫的妻子。这意思是，有一天我们败坏的天性，就是不要基督、拒绝基督、藐视基督的天性，遭灾祸死了，我们就能作基督的配偶，能在苦难中跟随基督，为神的国度争战（李文集一九五六年第二册，一四五页）。 9The New Testament…clearly reveals that David typifies Christ (Matt. 12:3). Hence, David’s wife is a type of the church. David had at least three wives…Only Abigail (1 Sam. 25:42) possesses a feature typifying the church. David typifies the warring Christ in the midst of sufferings; thus, his wife Abigail typifies the warring church in the midst of sufferings. From 1 Samuel 25 onward, Abigail was always at the side of David the warrior and followed him in his wars…Abigail’s previous husband shows how evil our old man is in forsaking Christ. Abigail’s previous husband was Nabal, which means “fool” (25:25). Nabal despised, rejected, and opposed David at the time of his destitution (vv. 10-11). This typifies that our nature rejects Christ, despises Christ, and opposes Christ. One day, however, Nabal was struck down, and he died. This provided Abigail the opportunity to become David’s wife. This indicates that when our corrupted nature, which forsook Christ, rejected Christ, and despised Christ, was struck down, we became Christ’s counterpart who follows Him in the midst of sufferings, fighting for the kingdom of God. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 1: The Meaning of the Church,” p. 109)